Poipoi Robot Nets Goldfish

What happens when you take a big robotic mechanical arm and give it a
fish net and set it in front of a tank full of goldfish? The goldfish-grabbing
bot, known as "Poipoi", was developed by researchers at the Nara
Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), in central Japan.
On August 20th, Poipoi will compete in a goldfish catching competition
that his held annually in Yamatokoriyama, a city that is famous for its
goldfish-scooping contest. Poipoi is not expected to win, in fact it's
much slower than even little children, but maybe someday robots will be
faster than humans. The robot works by scanning a fish tank by an
overhead camera. The robot's computer trys to track all the moving
objects and
predict where the fish will be and positions the net there to scoop them
up. The robot can catch between 6 and 10 goldfish in 3 minutes.